After...no question

First.... more clean...

Before, absolutely – it follows the usual Google "simplicity first" ideal

Before is much better, it's clean and effective, whereas After clutters the display and forces the user to constantly shift his or her eyes back and forth while making it more difficult to read.

definitely after.

There's a problem with talk inside gmail and the stand alone application corresponding i think. I suggest pics to my friends but they dont show up in google talk gadget – even after my friends verify they did enable the pic.

in fact, i think its exactly the same but more hierarchized... The colors help us to know where to see

I will go with Before because of its simplicity. Simplicity is extremely important for all online email applications including Gmail because there are many different web browsers and computers in the world. There are people using Lynx browser to access Gmail. There are people using pagers, cellphones, PDA and so on.

Simplicity mean more accessible for people who are not part of the mainstream.

One thing is Simplicity and other Extremely simple

Before. After has way too much stuff going on.

I think "after" idea is come from Google Calendar email reminder. I like simplicity but little bit "strange and fun" can make ppl will use that "suggest contact picture" more.

Before! Cause it's more clean.

Before is much clearer to understand.

Before is much better! Much better.

Before is google's way

before of course! clean and simple as usual

Before is less invasive in the interface, don't ya think?

I would definitely choose before...It looks less complex to me.

before!! It is much easier to read the information and the layout of after is too complex.

Before.

I think some of you guys aren't realizing that the after actually does follow the google look... its the kind of thing they use for google calendar emails that are sent to the email account.

But stil.... before for me :)

The first one. as simply as google!

before! after looks too much complex.

before, mutch more cleaner...

the after matches the calendar invitation theme more.. but I don't know.. I don't like one over the other.

The 'before' one was much cleaner. The after design seemed cluttered to me. Too much stuff in a small amount of space.

the first one is less evil!

Before, obviously.

Before.

'less evil', why is the second one evil? Or do you mean you just don't like it?

let me explain something... (i'm exodus)...
-The mail body is just like the G-Calendar reminder, so: It is the "GOOGLE STYLE".
-The title background: i saw (almost) the same thing in a screenshot, but it was a little diferent. In my opinion it's the same but in the center in the mail body, so: Maybe what i saw was a "Gmail Usability test".
-And the icons from the right, i like them.

I don't like the after version. But I don't like the styling by Google either. It looks too yucky.

While I think the before could be a bit more organized, I like it's simplicity. The after version is too busy and doesn't have much of a focus. I also fecking hate that blue color that Google loves to use...

after no dlt

Before!

Absolutely useless feature.

After!

I don't really like either.... They both could be improved.

After.

Before, It looks simpler, and cleaner.